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By: damien

damien — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:06:46 +0000

Hi Sara,

The Silver coloured batteries are the better ones as the Canon one is a bit old now. Charge a battery, pop a lens on the camera and start shooting. I’ve set a custom white balance for you and the camera is set up to shoot Jpeg. Use exposure compensation in conjunction with the screen image on the back of the camera to adjust the exposure to taste. When you have a few pictures on the card, download them and run my action to reverse the channels or you can just make the shots monochrome. When you get really sorted with it switch to RAW shooting and follow the directions set out by the commentators in the Infra Red section of this blog. For further reading, start at the bottom (oldest post) of mine in the Infra Red section and work backwards. Have a wonderful time shooting IR.

Your camera will be sent to you on Monday. Kindest regards, Damien.
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By: Sara Wager

Sara Wager — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:16:47 +0000

Hi Damien,

I won your 10D on Ebay last night – I am so looking forward to getting this and having a play. I’m addicted to this site now and really look forward to learning IR photography. Any tips with the camera would be greatly appreciated!!

By: damien

damien — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:10:43 +0000

Hi Richie, I had the 16-35 for weddings primarily, and now that I’ve stopped shooting weddings I’ve treated myself to a decent prime lens. Primes take a bit longer to shoot with but the results in terms of composition and clarity are well worth it for me. I’m delighted with my 21mm f/2.8 and I can now sell my zoom to part pay for it.

Damien.

By: Richie

Richie — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:41:59 +0000

Damien -
My lens line-up is very similar to what you have (24-70mm f/2.8L, and a 70-200mm f/2.8L IS) except the 16-35mm f/2.8L, which was next on my list.

Why are you getting rid of it? Were you not using it much?

Thanks,
Richie

By: damien

damien — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:55:38 +0000

Hi Frank,

I’m sorry, it’s because our Royal Mail postal system in the UK is so bad now that we have been loosing parcels without trace and they (RM) don’t take responsibility. Our local post office has closed down and therefore we can’t send parcels by special delivery and as a result we have switched all or mail and parcels over to a dependable courier firm who collect from us and take responsibility for safe delivery. We have a £7.50 flat rate for insured parcels in the UK but as soon as it goes off the mainland the rates go up to over £40 and to be honest it is not a viable option for this camera. I’m sorry for the inconvenience caused.

Regards, Damien.

By: Frank Courtney

Frank Courtney — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:08:44 +0000

Hi Damien,

tried to bid on the 10D – but it won’t let me because you’ve restricted it to UK only